Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Randy Newman
Piano
Ron Elliott
Acoustic Guitar
Bernie Leadon
Background Vocals
Don Henley
Background Vocals
Glenn Frey
Background Vocals
Red Callender
Bass
Russ Titelman
Electric Bass Guitar
Willie Weeks
Electric Bass Guitar
Jim Keltner
Drums
Milt Holland
Percussion
Bobbye Hall Porter
Percussion
John Platania
Electric Guitar
Al Perkins
Pedal Steel Guitar
Andy Newmark
Drums
Dennis Budimir
Acoustic Guitar
Malcolm Cecil
Synthesizer Programming
Robert Margouleff
Synthesizer Programming
Ry Cooder
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Donn Landee
Additional Engineer
Russ Titelman
Producer
Lee Herschberg
Mixing Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Lenny Waronker
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There she is sittin' there
Out behind the smoke house in her rocking chair
She don't say nothin'
She don't do nothin'
She don't feel nothin'
She don't know nothin'
Maybe she's crazy, I don't know
Maybe that's why I love her so
[Verse 2]
Her papa was a midget
Her mama was a whore
Her grandad was a newsboy till he was eighty four
What a slimy old bastard he was
Man, don't you think I know she hates me?
Man, don't you think I know that she's no good?
If she knew how she'd be unfaithful to me
I think she'd kill me if she could
Maybe she's crazy, I don't know
Maybe that's why I love her so
[Verse 3]
I'm not afraid of the grey wolf
Who stalks through our forest at dawn
As long as I have her beside me
I have the strength to carry on
[Verse 4]
Today we will be married
And all the freaks that she knows will be there
And all the people from the village will be there
To congratulate us
I will carry her across the threshold
I will make dim the light
I will attempt to spend my love within her
[Verse 5]
But though I try with all my might
She will laugh at my mighty sword
She will laugh at my mighty sword
Why must everybody laugh at my mighty sword?
Lord, hep me if you will
Maybe we're both crazy, I don't know
Maybe that's why I love her so
Written by: Randy Newman

